DVD Home Theater System

SC-HT820V

Features

A Full Surround Sound Package In One BoxGet a great-sounding home theater up and running quickly with this DVD home theater system. Hook it up to your TV, and you'll have everything you need for the full theater experience: a DVD player, home theater receiver, 5 surround sound speakers, and a powerful subwoofer. All you have to provide is the movie and the popcorn--we'll handle the rest.

Powerful and Accurate Surround SoundThe amplifier built into this home theater system pumps out high power levels for driving our speakers at satisfying volumes with low distortion. You'll feel like you're in the front row at your local multiplex as the sounds from Dolby Digital® and DTS® soundtracks travel all around you.

Enjoy A Double--Or Triple--Feature Without Leaving Your CouchIf you wanted, you could have a 10-hour movie marathon using the built-in 5-DVD changer in this home theater system. Load your favorite movie trilogy and watch all of them back-to-back without changing a single disc. Do your kids insist on watching the same movie over and over? Just leave it in the changer and cue it up when the time comes. You can even swap out 4 discs while one is in play.

Keep Your VHS TapesIf you're a movie buff, it's likely you have a large collection of VHS tapes that you're not ready to part with yet, and you don't have to with the SC-HT820V. It has its own built-in VHS VCR, so your VHS collection can peacefully coexist alongside your growing DVD collection. And what you may not have known is that many of your VHS movies probably have Dolby Surround or Dolby Pro Logic® soundtracks that will sound great using the SC-HT820V's built-in Dolby Pro Logic® II decoder.

Flexible Speaker PlacementThe speakers included with our home theater packages come in all shapes and sizes, from slim tall-boy tower speakers to unobtrusive bookshelf satellites, so they'll fit into your room no matter what your space restrictions may be. Feel free to put the center channel speaker on top of your TV and the left/right speakers close by. It won't cause any problems because our speakers feature magnetic shielding that prevents the magnets inside your speakers from affecting your TV's image.

Film-Like Image QualityThe goal of any playback device should be accurate reproduction of the original content. In the case of DVDs, most of that content is film-based. Utilizing advanced progressive scan1 playback techniques and very accurate MPEG video decoders, this home theater system provides an image that faithfully represents the image you see at your favorite movie theater.

Learn more about progressive scan playback and how it improves your movie watching experience.

Digital Recordings Sound Like the Original PerformanceWhen compressed digital audio such as MP3s and movie soundtracks is created, higher frequencies are lost due to limited frequency response. Most of these frequencies can't be heard by human ears, but their presence conveys subtle nuances. When they're missing in a digital recording, it doesn't quite sound the same as the live performance. Our multi re-master feature examines the audio signal and helps compensate for these lost frequencies, providing sound quality closer to the original performance.

In order to take advantage of a progressive scan DVD player, your TV must be capable of accepting and displaying a progressive scan signal (480p).

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